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2025: End Of Year Thoughts

Posted on December 15, 2025 by thefreerangebookclub

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When we talk about the world being global, it’s easy to imagine overwhelming vastness and perhaps feel a little lost in it. When in fact the world is not stretching away from us, it’s coming to us. Wherever we are, we are surrounded by… Continue Reading “2025: End Of Year Thoughts”

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The Empusium – Olga Tokarczuk

Posted on February 26, 2025 by thefreerangebookclub

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READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jodie Mieczysław, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at the Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen but discovers there are many mysterious goings on, involving deaths, misogyny and the occult. Set in a Polish sanatorium in 1913, The Empusium blends horror,… Continue Reading “The Empusium – Olga Tokarczuk”

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